PPT-Collocations, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Collocations A collocation also collocate is a word or phrase which is frequently used with another word or phrase in a way that sounds correct to speakers of the language Examples of Collocations. Reading: Chap 5, Manning & . Schutze. (note: this chapter is available online from the book. ’. s page. http://. nlp.stanford.edu. /. fsnlp. /promo). Instructor: . Paul . Tarau. (based on . Rada. September. 2013, . Hissar. , . Bulgaria. Violeta . Seretan. Department . of Translation Technology. Faculty of Translation and Interpreting. University of . Geneva. 8 . September. 2013. The . Analytics of Word Sociology. The City of Ember. The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect them from the disaster that may kill all of mankind. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . VERBS. There are four types of phrasal verbs. . Types . 1, 2, and 3 can be literal or idiomatic. . The . verbs of type 4 are nearly always idiomatic.. TYPE 1 : VERB + PARTICLE (no object). u. sed literally . Ed McCorduck. English 402--Grammar. SUNY Cortland . http://mccorduck.cortland.edu. Phrasal verbs . are . idioms. consisting of a verb and a . particle. .. idiom:. a phrase that has a meaning different from that of the combination of the words that comprise it. . and . Personification. Figurative Language. An expression that means something beyond the literal meaning of the . words. . Oftentime. s it is a cliché (a phrase used over and over again).. You can’t judge a book by its cover. ContentsPrepositions vs. Phrasal VerbsHow can you tell when it’s a phrasal verb? Writing Center (last updated August 2014)Prepositions vs. Phrasal VerbsPrepositional phrases and phrasal verbs a Idioms are expressions which have a meaning that is not obvious from the individual words.. The best way to understand an idiom is to see it in context.. Most idioms are fixed in their form and cannot be changed or varied.. The City of Ember. The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect mankind from the disaster. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm. 2. Why do you say . deep water. and not . profound water. ?. “A word is known by the company it keeps” . (JR Firth). . - tremble with fear tremble with excitement*. Let’s begin! . Students will be able to :. u. nderstand what an idiom is. . r. ecognize the meaning of idioms .. e. xplain at least three commonly used idioms in the English language.. What is an idiom?. 2. Why do you say . deep water. and not . profound water. ?. “A word is known by the company it keeps” . (JR Firth). . - tremble with fear tremble with excitement*. - quiver with excitement quiver with fear. The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect mankind from the disaster. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . Collocation . is a word or phrase which is frequently used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to speakers of the language. For example, . heavy . rain.. Collocation is essentially a lexical relation and not subject to rules but to tendencies. In Firth’s original insight (1968), collocation is “.